Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
Closing: January 31, 2026Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo - 2025 West End History , Info & More
Young Vic
66 The Cut London
This ferociously funny drama, follows the intertwined lives of a quick-witted tiger, two homesick American marines, and a troubled Iraqi gardener as they roam the streets of war-torn Baghdad in search of meaning, redemption, and a toilet seat made of gold. Surreal and darkly humorous, it explores the madness of life in war as well as the power and the perils of human nature.
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REVIEW: Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
8 / 10
Direction by Omar Elerian is masterful, teasing out the essential comic moments of the script. Rajha Shakiry has created a versatile set, with a vast concrete expanse easily transforming from tiger pen to psych ward to destroyed garden. The ensemble are exceptional, there’s no need for translation of the Arabic segments to understand the pain, anger or even the comedy.
Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo review – wild horror and sharp-toothed comedy from the Iraq war
8 / 10
The pace is baggy and the tragedy is diffuse, its drama undercut by cerebral questioning. The production’s most enraged moments are downplayed when it could go for the jugular. But the high-wire mix of comedy, horror and intellectualism is brave, the imagination and profundity a breath of fresh air in a theatrical landscape that cleaves to easy entertainment and distraction from darkness. Joseph stares into the Nietzschean abyss, sniggering, and it sniggers back.
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